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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2013.01); G06F 3/06 (2013.01); G06F 12/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, computer program product, and computing system for associating a heatmap file with a multi-portion data file located on a data array. The heatmap file is configured to monitor the usage of each portion of the multi-portion data file. At least one portion of the multi-portion data file is used via a virtual machine executed on a first physical machine. The heatmap file is updated to reflect the usage of the at least one portion of the multi-portion data file.